FOOD RUNNER - BAR

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  • Chicago
  • Hours Part-Time
  • Start Date Flexible

About the Second City

The Second City is the premier brand in improv-based sketch comedy. Dedicated to entertaining, inspiring, and transforming through fearless comedy, the company’s ten resident stages in Chicago and Toronto, plus eight Touring Companies and a booming theatricals division, entertain an additional one million theatergoers a year around the globe. The Second City Training Center, which includes the Harold Ramis Film School, is the largest school of improvisation on the planet, with locations in Chicago, Toronto, and Los Angeles. Second City Works, the B2B side of The Second City, focuses on hands-on learning, digital content, and consumer insights, and Second City Entertainment’s foray into television and media continues to produce new content and programming. Founded in 1959, The Second City continues to grow rapidly in size and influence by upholding five core values: performance; ensemble; diversity and inclusion; resiliency; and authenticity.

Position Overview

To ensure a friendly and memorable experience for guests, by providing prompt and accurate delivery of the menu items.

Job Duties

  • Food Runner ensures guests receive menu items, once assembled by the Expeditor for prompt service.
  • Maintains clean trays at all times.
  • Sets up, restocks and prepares for shift start and/or close.
  • Cleans and sanitizes throughout the shift.
  • Obtains and maintains knowledge of all menu items.
  • Makes sure all orders are complete and look acceptable for guests.
  • Helps to keep expeditor area clean at all times and free from any unnecessary items.
  • Helps others whenever possible.
  • Keeps immediate supervisor promptly and fully informed of any problems or unusual matters of significance.
  • Performs all duties and responsibilities in a timely manner in accordance with company policies and procedures.
  • Maintains a favorable working relationship with all other company employees.
  • Is dressed neatly and well-groomed in company approved uniform at all times.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • Ability to lift and carry trays 95% of the time.
  • Frequent bending and stooping.
  • Walk, stand and climbs stairs throughout entire shift.
  • Ability to clearly communicate with customers and other employees.
  • Ability to comfortably maneuver through furniture and guests.

 

The Second City is an open, inclusive workplace and welcome applicants who bring along with them diverse life experiences, including every permutation of economic and cultural backgrounds, orientation, ethnicity and points of view. We strive to continue our efforts to work with people who may otherwise be marginalized or underrepresented in our business and around our community.